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velocitythan 'will the ordinary cartridge in r5 casoless cartridge andprojectile thatthe resultant waste incident to the'di'scharge of the gun will. be diminishedr- .'ing the charge of powder in a solid cylinder and recited in the claim, the construction be'- 5o eodyof'nitroglyce'rin orotRerhigh explosive and projectiles and the-primary object isrjt'ol 4.provide a device loi:`

- is secured in any well-known manner the ca v"Gij"onen 'Hvv'K; or. assassinio-,- --INDIANAr srncsr'cmron @mangeait of'Lette-sretengno'e'asoe, steamer 18,' 1902.

*Applicant mea )dy 18,1901, serial no; vsterft-.f (no nadeln.

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that I, GEonGiaQ. Hnwma nited- Statesgresidngat and ce address SBtifR.' No. 4,- Green-' county ofHanc'ockand State of Indiana',yh ave invented new'aud useful I r'nl provementsin Caseless Cartridgesfau'd Projectiles,`of which the following isa'specifica-- 1tion. This invention relates to caseless cartridges e character described `'which will prop'ela projectile with greaterV cased within the shell now in use.

IA .further object is to 'so construct the A still further objectis to construetadevice whereby the necessity of a Surroundingshell inclosing the powderI will'4v obviated.

With' these objects in- 'View thej-n'vention consists' in providing a circular cap-plate in which the cap is secured and molding or forniwh'ich is secured both tothe cap-plate and projectile,-so that when thev piece is disbarrel of the piece will consistonlyof the cap.-

ile,the reby materially lessening the cost of 'Tliepeculiar manner'of'accomplishing'the desired result will -be describedv hereinafter,

ing clearly illustrated in .the drawings, in'W-hich- Figure lis a side elevation ot' a cartridge and projectile constructed in accordance with myi'nventiomand Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectionalview through the same. i

Referring now to the drawings by numerals o f reference, 1 designates .the circular capplate provided with acent'ral op'ening in which accompanying The charge designatedby the refercncel moral 3- consists. of a 'cylindrical-shaped secured to the .cap''piece th rough the medium of aplurality'of forwardly-projecting pins 4, either formed with or 'secured to said *cap-` piece and embeddediu the charge.

--5 designates a centrally-located and 'longi-l tudinally-extending bore within the charge running the ent-ire length thereof in line with the central opening4 and front-Which radiate a .pluralityofforwardly -inclined series'of communicating cylindrical channels or pasvsages G.- -The'object-and purpose of these passages is t o provide a means zwhereby the ignited, charge from the cap .will spread through the'entire mass com posingthe charge and practically ignite thevsame throughout' simultaneously; thus permitting the projectile v7to receive the full force of the charge at onetime; lf these channels and the'central' bore. were n'ot provided, itis probable that the charge would,bevignite d slowly-that is to say,

the powder-.nearest the cap would ignite and expend its force before the powder `near't h a projectileavould be; ignited.' However, by einploying-a cnstruction'as above desc'ri'bed 'au` illustratedy this undesirable feature will be ebviated, and it is apparent, therefore, that the projectile would be propelle@ with greater velocity than it would if the s lowburniug cartridge gene'xaiiyin use was utlized.'

. Ow'ingto the fact that'I dispenseY with a surrounding' shell inclosing the charge`, `I find it' necessary'to provide a central. recess or bore 8 in the-projectile 7, in 'which is fitted a -pin projecting a suitable length beyond the end thereof `and of approximately the same diameter'asthe 4I )o're 5 in the charge. This pin heing'inserted .rin the charge, there will be no danger'of the projectile vbecoming d e- 'tached It desired, the pin may be molded Y direct to ,the projectile or may forma part thereof consisting of, the' same metal and be forcedv within the'charge in any suitable .mannen Having thus fully described my inv enti'c n,l

.what-I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy y 4The combination of a cartridge formed with a central longitud'v al bore and a plurality of Y series ofA frwardl #inclined cylindrical pas sages radiatinglfr'oni the' longitudinal bore loo through "the,k surface' of the cartridge, prol In testimony whoreofl afx my signature o' jectle having a. longitudinal bore, a pin t-V in presence of two witnesses. Ling i n the adjacorkxt ends ofi in he longbndipal GEORGE *0.x HAWK bores for oonneotmgthe caujbrldge and progeol n n 5 tile, and aoap-pate having a central opeu- VVfitpesses:

ing and a pluralbykof forwardly-projecting JOHN H. BINFORD, pinswnex'eby the cartridge is secured thereto. M.. LEOLA THOMSON. 

